Combined smoke-house and meat-safe



2 Sheets-Shet 1.

(No Model.)

J. M. BADGLEY.

COMBINED SMOKE HOUSE AND MEAT SAFE.

Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. M. BADGLEY. COMBINED SMOKE HOUSE AND MEAT SAFE.

Patented Apr, 22, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOIIN MORGAN BADGLEY, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED SMOKE-HOUSE AND MEAT-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 426,226, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed June 15,1889- Serial No. 314,446. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN MORGAN BADG- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Smokedlouscs and Meat-Safes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved combined smoke-house and meat-safe convertible from one form and use to another by a removal or insertion of certain devices or parts, as will be fully hereinafter specified.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the device embodying my invention arranged as a meat-safe. Fig. 2 represents a similar view of the same arranged as a smoke-house. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal vertical section of the device arranged as a meat-safe.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A. designates a frame having a base or bottom of suitable material. Rising from the corners of said bottom are posts or uprights B, made hollow and having grooves a on the inner side thereof, said posts being connected at the top by cross-strips and provided with butts for at tachment of hinges on metal doors O. \Vithin the frame is a removable table D, the same being provided with shelves or supports for meat, (lac. Over this table, which is somewhat smaller than the interior area of the frame A, is a vertically-adjustable cage or safe E, to whose corners are attached by bolts orother suitable means the removable guide-strips e, which engage the grooves a in the posts B. Cage E is covered with wire or other gauze and one side thereof provided with doors 1), adapted to be closed and locked, and when opened they afford access to the articles 011 the table D. To the cage are attached cords or ropes H, which are passed over pulleys J, secured to the upper end of the posts B.

To the ends of the cords or ropes I I are connected weights K, which move in the hollow posts, acting as counterpoiscs for the cage or safe E. To eyes attached to the top of said. cage are secured the elevating cords or ropes L, which pass over rolls or drums f,

mounted in a frame F, resting on the top of the structure, said frame F being composed of a number of cross-pieces, from which hooks M depend.

A metal covering G is removably fitted over and incloses the top of the frame F, and forms a roofing for the entire structure.

To convert the device into a meat-safc, the table D is placed on the bottom of the frame A and the cage E adjusted over said table. A part or all of the doors 0 are removed, the rack F being either allowed to remain 011 the frame or removed therefrom, as may be desired.

To look the cage or safe E, suitable pins N are provided and passed through transverse apertures in the end posts B above the cage or safe. hen the safe is raised, the table may be used for butchering or other purposes,

said safe being afterward restored over said table, the latter constituting a part of the safe, access to which and the racks thereof being had through the doors Z) when opened, as has been stated.

To adapt the device for use as a smoke house, the corner guide-strips are removed and the cords and weights disconnected from the cage'E, and said cage and the table D withdrawn from the frame. The doors O, together with the top covering, are then applied to form a tight inclosure, and the meat to be smoked is suspended from the hooks M of the rack F, a smudge or suitable fire being started on the bottom of the frame A, the eifect of which is evident.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is

1. In a combined smoke-house and meatsafe, an outer frame with a base, a table re movably situated on the said base, a cage adjustably mounted in said frame, a top frame, as set forth, the operating cords and pulleys, the detachable metal inclosing-doors, and the top. detachable metal inclosing-cover, substantially as described.

2. A combined smoke-housc and meat-safe consisting of a frame with a base portion and hollow posts, said posts having grooves in one of their inner sides, inclosing-doors attached to said posts, a table within the frame, a cage with doors and having strips detachably sethereto, a rope or ropes secured to the cage cured to its corners, said strips adapted to and passing around apulley on the second or 10 work on the said grooves on the sides of the top frame, and ametal cover, said partsheing posts, weights in the hollow posts secured to combined substantially as described 5 cords passing over pulleys on the tops of the JOHN MORGAN BADGLEY.

posts, the said cords being secured to the \Vitnesses: cage, a frame mounted on the first frame and NV. F. KIROHER, having cross-pieces with hooks attached H. E. SOI-IRADER. 

